Science Park () or Pak Shek Kok () is a proposed

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which may be built in

Pak Shek Kok Pak Shek Kok () is a place in Tai Po District in Hong Kong, located between Ma Liu Shui and Tai Po Kau, close to Cheung Shue Tan and facing Tolo Harbour (Tolo Harbour, Tai Po Hoi). The Kowloon–Canton Railway, Tolo Highway, Hong Kong Science P ...

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, Hong Kong. The station would be on the

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between

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and

Tai Po Market Tai Po Market or Tai Po Hui () is the name of an area within the modern-day Tai Po New Town in the Tai Po District, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. However, its exact location changed from time to time. It is considered as the town centre of ...

stations, serving the

Hong Kong Science Park The Hong Kong Science Park (HKSTP; ) is a science park in Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong. It sits on the Tolo Harbour waterfront, near the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The park is administered by the Hong Kong Science and Technolo ...

. The station was first proposed as part of the overall Pak Shek Kok Development, whose corresponding Environmental Impact Assessment Report was approved by the Environmental Protection Department in 1998. In 2021,

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invited the

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for the construction of a station at the site of the Hong Kong Education University's sports centre. In the Chief Executive's 2022 policy address, it was stated that the station would be commissioned by 2033. The station will shorten travelling distance and time between Science Park and Tai Po; currently, the only way to get to Tai Po Market using only public transport is by taking the KMB Route 272K bus route to University station and then the MTR to

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. Walking to University station from Science Park takes around 20 minutes.

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Proposed buildings and structures in Hong Kong MTR stations in the New Territories Pak Shek Kok Proposed railway stations in Hong Kong {{MTR-stub